SAP HANA introduces new reality to real time business analytics
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SAP's in-memory computing has been harnessed again, this time with the release of the software giant's High Performance Analytic Appliance.
This first version, launched at SAP TechEd 2010 in Bangalore, India, is the result of 'co-innovation' between SAP, Coca-Cola Hellenic, Future Group, Hilti and others.
Vishal Sikka, executive board member, Technology and Innovation Platform at SAP, explains that HANA draws upon advances in main memory, processor technology and application know-how to deliver a whole new level of real-time business analytics.
SAP BusinessObjects Strategic Workforce Planning is the first application built on HANA that processes large quantities of data using in-memory computing.
"SAP HANA and the first applications built on it [SAP BusinessObjects Strategic Workforce Planning – also launched at TechEd] are already showing customers the unprecedented speed of in-memory computing, as well as the latency they have in the layers of their current IT systems," comments Sikka.
"The customers we are working with are already recognizing the great potential of SAP HANA to deliver solutions that were previously not feasible – and re-thinking how to run their businesses better, now that they can analyse, simulate and react in real time."
